P23.19 POSEIDON, GORGON & MEDUSA

DETAILS

Museum Collection

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Catalogue No.

Boston 01.8070

Beazley Archive No.

N/A

Ware

Boeotian Black Figure

Shape

-

Painter

Bowl, Three-Handled

Date

Late C5th B.C.

Period

Archaic

DESCRIPTION

The Gorgon Medusa lies dead, beheaded by the hero Perseus. On the left, the god Poseidon strides forward with a trident in one hand and a dolphin at his feet. One of the Gorgons rushes towards him with arms outstretched. She is crowned with a pair of serpents and wears two snakes tied as a girdle about the waist. Behind her, Medusa lies dead with blood squirting from the severed stump of her neck. The winged, horse Pegasus flies just above her, born in the gout of blood.